Highlights:
Rambam begins by referencing the author of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah the Prince
Why should we heed Chazal's laws?
Rambam is hinting to us to think of Avos as the teaching for political leaders and prophets
The differences between Rambam's list of the chain of tradition and the chain given in Avos
The veracity and reliability of the Torah's tradition
What does it take to be a Tanna?
Avos as Rabbi Yehudah the Prince's introduction to Mishnah
Rambam and al-Farabi's “Aphorisms of the Statesman”
Rambam talks about the wise man where al-Farabi talks about the king or statesman
Once we have the Torah, we have no need for the science of legislation
Do we need to study ethics if we have halacha?
Legislators are the ones who really need to have ethical wisdom
Q & A
This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.
This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David.